The shock waves were heard around the world. And while the shameless Duke and Duchess of Windsor tried to pass themselves off as a romantic, glamorous couple, they hid a string of sordid secrets, including: Wallis once worked as a hooker, Edward had a gay affair within a wealthy American man and the treacherous Duke and Duchess spied for Nazi Germany.
Wallis' transformation from sweet country girl born in Blue Ridge Summit, Penn. Born in to a well-off family, Wallis' father died when she was young. After that, life was a struggle. But soon he turned to boozing, and she reportedly had flings with British and Russian military officers. In , at age 31, she divorced Spencer, but stayed on in Hong Kong. To make ends meet, she worked in nightclubs and even as a prostitute in the brothels of the Repulse Bay area.
She wed second husband Ernest Simpson , a former captain in Britain's Coldstream Guards and shipping broker, in They moved to London, and Wallis became part of the social set, meeting the future King Edward in Soon, he became fascinated with her and ditched two older women he'd been seeing. While a handsome man, Edward β who was known to family members by his middle name David β was weak and timid while she was so strong-willed and determined.
He said, 'Yes dear,' very meekly. That was the tone of their marriage. Actress Jane Seymour , who played Wallis in a TV movie, suggested they had a kinky sexual relationship. Edward became King on January 20, , on the death of his father, George V , and pleaded with Wallis to get a divorce. But the King "threatened to commit suicide, and she was cornered.
Since the King is also head of the Church of England, Edward was barred from marrying a divorcee. But he declared: "The throne means nothing to me without Wallis beside me.
